Let Sunday be a day of rest again

For many of us, rest is endlessly deferred as Sundays end up as the week’s overflow tray.

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Taking care of plants in his garden on Sundays keeps the writer busy while taking his mind off work.

Taking care of plants in his garden on Sundays helped take the writer’s mind off work.

PHOTO: JEFFERY TAN

Jeffery Tan

Some of my better Mondays began in the garden on Sunday afternoon.

During my working years, an afternoon tending the garden almost always made the next day at the office feel better. The pressures had not eased. I simply felt better able to meet them.

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